§ First Prize Winner, Blind Simulation Contest to Predict the Structural Response of Steel Structural Beam Columns Conducted By NIST, ATC and UCSD, 2018
§ Outstanding Reviewer, Elsevier’s Engineering Structures, 2014
§ First Prize Winner, Blind Simulation Contest (FEM&SDOF) to Predict the Structural Response of Reinforced Concrete Slabs to Blast Loading Conducted By NSF, ACI and UMKC, 2013
§ Outstanding Reviewer, ASCE’s Journal of Structural Engineering, 2012
§ Outstanding Reviewer, ASCE’s Journal of Bridge Engineering, 2012
§ Outstanding Leadership Award from University of Houston (2009-2010)
§ ASCE O.H Ammann Research Fellowship in Structural Engineering (2009)
§ ASCE Trent R. Dames and William W. Moore Fellowship (2010)
§ DAAD Fellowship for doing research in Universität Stuttgart (Germany) during 2003-2004
§ Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Graduate Student Paper Competition Award (2011)
§ ASCE Texas Section Best Session Paper Award (2010)
§ Pillars of Excellence (Academics, Leadership and Service) Award from Golden Key International Honour Society (2010)
§ Chi Epsilon South West District Henry Townley Heald Scholarship (2010)
§ Listed in Who Is Who in America, Marquis Publication, 2014
§ Listed in Who Is Who in the World, Marquis Publication, 2014
§ Listed in the IBC’s 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century, 2013
§ Listed in the Heritage Registry of Who Is Who, 2012
§ Listed in Who Is Who in the World, Marquis Publication, 2012
§ 6 Sigma Quality Green Belt
§ Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) Foundation Scholarship (2010)
§ 14th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering Student Grant Award (2010)
§ Third prize in Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE) Paper Competition (2010)
§ American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Houston Branch Scholarship (2010)
§ ASME – OMAE Outreach for Engineers Specialty Forum Scholarship (2010)
§ Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP) Scholarship (2009)
§ Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) Fellowship (Grant No 0530737) during 2006-2010
§ University Transportation Centre (UTC) fellowship in Missouri S&T during 2006-2007
§ Ministry of Human Resource Development scholarship at IIT Madras, India during 2002-2003
§ S.J. Jindal, Merit Scholarship in B.Tech (India) during 2001-2002
§ First prize in ‘General’ Quiz conducted by N.I.T., Warangal, India in 2001
§ Second prize in Technical Quiz conducted by N.I.T., Warangal, India in 2000
§ First prize in town wide Chess Competition by ASCT Software, India in 1996